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"Finders Keepers" is the sequel to "Mr.
Mercedes" and the second in what will become a trilogy in the summer of
2016. Unlike "Mr. Mercedes," "Finders Keepers" focuses on an unfortunately fortunate kid and an author killer who has just been let
out of prison. However, Bill Hodges and his friends return as a major part of
the novel, as does the Mercedes Killer himself, tying it all together in a neat
little package.
Mild spoilers ahead.
It's no secret that I like Stephen King's style a lot.
However, as I've said before, I don't like every single one of his novels, but
I like this one. Hodges comes back in trimmer shape after suffering a heart
attack at the end of the last novel. He and his neurotic partner started up a
private detective agency called Finders Keepers. They are brought into a bigger
case than they imagine when a friend's younger sister shows up at their office.
Central to the story is Peter Saubers, a boy who unwittingly
made a discovery that may have saved his family from abject poverty and the
dissolution of his parents' marriage. However, this find has some serious
history that is about to come back to haunt young Peter.
The novel follows the original owner of Peter's discovery
and Peter as one tries to find what he buried decades earlier and the other
tries to help his family stay above water. It's easy to care about the
characters, with the exception of the very bad man. The plot is well paced, and
there was a serious teaser for the next novel that has me very excited. I
venture to guess that will be the best and most Stephen King-esque of the
bunch.
Shelly Barclay
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